Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-10

Going up 20 the White House the other day
/ saw Mrs. Cleveland's pet dog Hector" on
the front STEPS. He was sitting just at the
front Of the porte cochere, and he barked lus-
tily as | came up, A moment later a guard
came out and dragged him in and consigneti
him to the steward. This dog has become
quite an important member of the White
House, and he bids fair to make some lively
scenes at the hg receptions this winter il he
is not watched. He is a fat, round poodle,
with hair as black as oiled jet, and with a
body half shaved At the top of his tail there
is n bunch Of black curly hair, and tho hair
hangs down over his eyes in front He Is an
imported dog, and, like all aristocrats does
not like interference from servants He did
not go with the guard very willingly to-day
and imagine it would no. take much prove
cation to make his sharp, white teeth meet 10
the calf OF one Of Col Dinsmore's legs
Washington is much interested in cabl.
street railroads, and the prospect Is that bs
fore another congress has begun to sit one
can 60 from one end of the city to another
without the aid of horses. The street rail
roads of Washington are big monopolies.
Their stock is away up above par, and they
have made fortunes for number of men.
They are cheap, however, and one can so
from one end Of Washington to another for
five cents All classes of people ride in them,
and have seen Speaker Carlisle
crowd himself up into one corner in
order to give space enough for colored
girl beside him, and at another time
Stanley Matthews and Justice Harlan pass
ing up the fares for whole car load of peo-
pie The Washington herdics are rather a
curiosity in cheap street travel. They are
much larger than those which have been used
in other cities, and they are In fact finely
finished street cars ON large wheels They
are cushioned as nicely as Pullman car, are
well lighted, and are decidedly comfortable.
One line goes into the fashionable northwest
quarter of Washington. and this is almost al
ways full Of noted people. rode down yes
ter,iay with Edward Everett Hale, and go
home every night or so with Senators Vance
and Beck and Librarian SpOfford l have
seen Senator Van Wyck hanging to the door
of one OF these herdics, his coat tails Tapping
in the breeze aud his sloucb hat pushed down
over his eyes.
A character Of Washington, whom have
not seen noticed in the newspapers, is the
mounted page Of the Capitol. There are a
number of page boys in both the house and
the senate who receive about s.. 80 day for
running the errands Of the statesmen. The
supreme court has two pages and there is a
page on horseback who carries letters and
messages from the Capitol 10 the great de-
partinents and the president This boy often
has very valuable documents in his poses
sion, and he carries them in pouch which
he has slung by string around his neck He
rides fast and well, and it rather reminds one
o. the days Of post boys when he is seen dash
ing up Pennsylvania avenue. Now he has a
message to carry to the house of Gen Logan.
now one over to Senator Edmunds, and nov
he goes 10 the White House with q message
from some congressman 10 the president or
Dan Lamont
Congress had a surprise during its last days
tefore the recess The Oklahoma land bill
vas under discussion, and Representative
Barnes, of Georgia, had the floor. Before
this Barnes had been noted as the fatteSt man
IF the house. he had prided himself OIL
weighing 800 pounds, and had asserted that
&c would not sell a pound of his weight for
II 900 Ee had never made a speech, had
not talked or clustered to any extent, and
.hink there was an opinion among his tel-
o"s tIdt ne ndu iiOIc idb bndn III idlllS AS
'oon as he began 10 speak, however, it was
discovered that he had even more brains than
le had fat He talked well, and created a
iecided impression, standing erect, with his
big form thrown well to the front and his
lace, much like that of Grover Cleveland,
ooking direct into the eyes of Speaker Car
isle. He made one Of the best speeches on the
subject in hand that has yet been made. His
strong voice came forth in good chest tones,
md he demonstrated that he knew how to
peak as well what to say. The mem
Ders gathered around him while he talked,
md at the end of his speech hs re-